This story is completely fictional and I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to send any comments or suggestions.
I just put on my brand new yellow Staff Event T-shirt getting ready to go to work. I looked up at my wall and started to count. This was my 10th T-shirt since I started my job. You see, I work as an "Errand Boy" for musicians when they perform here at the Verizon Wireless Music Center (formerly known as Deer Creek). After I fetch whatever the stars want they usually ask how they could repay me (I make it my duty to get the item to the person in as little time as possible, which have also led to one or two speeding tickets). I would usually have the person or the entire band sign my shirt and take a picture with me, I would then go straight home after the concert and put both items in a picture frame and hang it on my wall.
But tonight was a different story. Tonight I was supposed to work the Britney Spears concert and I wasn't looking forward to it. Of course when her music first came out I loved it, but then, I don't know it just didn't sound right anymore. It was like she was doing it for the money instead of the fans. I went into the bathroom and combed my short blonde hair and admired my brown eyes for a second. Even though girls admired me from afar, I still didn't have a girlfriend. I put my small-framed glasses on and hopped into my car and was gone.
At first when I took this job, it was to save money for college to get a career in Electronics, but since I started my collection of autographed shirts I've only had money for the bare essentials. Minutes later I arrived at work and checked in with my boss. I came in with a cheesy smile and he said to me, "Here Travis." He said and tossed me another shirt.
"Thanks boss. But I doubt I'll need it for this one. My collection includes musicians that I like." I replied.
"Yeah, but I bet you could make some serious money with her autograph."
I smiled and said, "Yeah I may get her autograph and then get the hell out of here. So, what kind of mood is she in."
My boss shrugged. "Okay but I hear that she yells at Errand Boys who fuck up her orders."
I sighed. "Okay. Just call my parents if I fuck up to much and have them plan the funeral. My boss and I smiled and I said, "Well, I'm off to see what the ‘Pop Princess' is in need of." He gave me a wave and I was off.
I found her dressing room and knocked on the door. "Ms. Spears." I hollered into the door. The door opened and there was Britney with only a towel wrapped around her body. "Hello Ms. Spears. I'm Travis the Errand Boy. I'm here to pick up your list of requested items."
She smiled and handed the list to me. "Just call me Britney."
I took a quick look over the list, it mainly had junk food written all over it. I smiled back at her and said, "This is one of the easiest lists I've had in a while. It shouldn't take me no more than 15 minutes."
She still held her smile and said, "Okay. No rush at all." I left out into the parking lot and hopped into my car and went to a nearby Wal-Mart and grabbed her stuff and wouldn't you know it, there were only two lanes open so it took me nearly thirty minutes. I finally I got out of there and back to the stadium.
While walking through the halls I saw my friend Mark. Mark works for security. "Hey Mark." I said.
He smiled and said, "What's up Travis?"
"Trying to get this stuff to Britney before she goes on." I replied.
He started to chuckle to himself. "You're about 10 minutes late for that."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"She just went on stage. Didn't you hear the music?"
I pulled my headphones off. Now blaring "Beautiful" by Creed. "Oh fuck. My ass is gonna be in a sling now." I rushed past Mark and hollered, "Later." He was still laughing when hollered his "later" to me. When I arrived to her door, there was a note taped to the door. "Errand Boy, wait inside for me. Help yourself to whatever's in the cooler."
I went inside and set her things down and grabbed a Pepsi from her cooler. I sat down and about an hour or so later, the door opened and in walked Britney sweating rather badly. The first thing I did was grab a towel and walked up to her and handed her the towel.
"Thanks." She said, taking the towel and wiping the sweat off her body. "So what happened to you?" She asked, with a slight hint of concern in her voice.
"They only had two lanes opened at the damn Wal-Mart and about 30 people in each line. But I did get everything on the list." I picked the bag up and handed it to her. She flashed me her flawless smile. God, what a smile, even though I wasn't a big fan of her music, she was still a very beautiful lady.
"So how much do I owe you?" She asked.
"Only five dollars." I replied.
She looked in the bag again. This here is the biggest quantities of these items, and it only cost five bucks?"
"Well actually," I started, "it's more like 25 bucks, but I paid for 20 of it myself. Anytime I have to pick up any item, I pay a maximum of 20 dollars out of my own pocket and then my boss or the performers themselves pay me the difference
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